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By Perry Michael Simon

Maybe The Long Way Around Is Worth The Inconvenience After All

This story hits home because it's not only from the town where I grew up, but it's about something I did countless times in those years: crossing the road. The specific road, Valley Road in Wayne, NJ, is a major thoroughfare but not all that wide, and it's where the bus to New York runs, so there are a lot of people who cross the road to get to the bus stop. But there are few crosswalks, so you sort of have to take things into your own hands there, and as a result, two people were killed in two days crossing Valley Road between crosswalks, which is because the nearest crosswalks are several blocks in either direction. Believe me, EVERYONE runs across the road in between those crosswalks and has since I was a kid, which is... well, decades ago. Every town has its traffic hazards; what are your city's most dangerous roads and intersections? Can people safely walk across the street? (Bergen Record)

Perry Michael Simon is Vice President and Editor/News-Talk-Sports for AllAccess.com and the former Program Director and Operations Manager at stations like KLSX and KLYY (Y107)/Los Angeles and WKXW (New Jersey 101.5)/Trenton. He's been on-air and written stuff for TV and websites and other stuff he doesn't remember all that well. He can also be found at Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and pmsimon.com, if you're so inclined. In addition, he's the former Editor-in-Chief at Nerdist.com and Director of Programming at the Nerdist Podcast Network.